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l UNITED'y STATES oHN' B. EoAGLAND, oE NASHVILLE,

PATENT OFFICE. Y

TENNESSEE, SsrGNoE o E ONE-HALE rro -MEACEAM oE SAME PLACE.

TRACK-CLEARER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,072, dated April 10, 1888. v

v Appneanonnleuulyas,18s?. serial No. 245,608. (No model.) y

i track-clearers for street-railway cars; and it consists inthe peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be lmore fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed outv in' the claims. t

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is partly an elevation and partly a vertical 1ongitudinal sectional View of a street' railway car provided with my improved track-clearing de-` v-ice. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. A represents' the platform of the car, from opposite sides of which depend hangersv B, having vertical open slots which` lit bearing-l boxes C.

D represents the car-axles, which arejournaled in the bearingboxes C, and are provided withthe'usual anged wheels, E. i

F represents a pairof horizontal bars which n are provided on their under sides, near their ends, with semicircular openings which fit on the upper sides of kthe axles. Suitable bearing sleeves or boxes are fitted in the said openings to prevent wear. The side'beanis, F,are\` connected near their extremities by a pairy of. cross-bars,rG, which serveV tokeep the'side beams in place. t On the upper sides of the bars, at one end of the same, are bolted a pair of plates, H, the outer ends of which project beyond the ends ol' bars F, and are bifurcated to form .ears I. f'

K represents a pair ofl arms wh ichlhave their upper ends inserted between the ears and pivoted'on bolts L, that extend transversely 'through them and through'openings in the ears. These arms are thus hinged to the running gear of the car, and are adapted tobe swung in a vertical/plane, and thereby .lowered to the track or raised from the same.

t M represents a bar which connect the arms K near their lowervends, and N represents a similar bar which connects said arms 'near their upper ends. The lower ends of the arms K are arranged obliquely yand extend laterally," as shown, so as lto be adapted torest over the tops of the tracks and form fenders O, which ,f

passing `over the same.

are adapted to throw obstructions -from kthe n track outwardly and prevent the wheelslvfron'iy 55 P represents a metallic plate which isbolted on the platform of the car near one end, and

is provided near its upper end with a pair o f ears, R, the space between the said ears regis. 6o

tering with an opening, S, that is madein they carplatform. t 'i 'I representsaJ lever-whichextends throughV the opening S and is fulcrumed on a bolt, U,

that passes through the ears It. Thealowefr 651 Yr end of this lever is connected to the bar N by means of a-rod, V.

The operation of myinvention is as follows: j The arms K are normallyin the position Shown-- f inFig. 1, with the fenders-at their lower. ends 7o,

raised a very slight distance above't'he'tracks,w so'as to clear the latter of obstruction. In the event of the car going off the/track, or when passing switches, 'the lever T is turnedsoas to raise the fenders from the'track, as illus- 75 'tratedy in dotted lines in Fig. l. Y y

Having thus described` my invention, I claimi ,y I

1. The combination of thecarfplatform having the depending hangers B, vthe car-axles 8o`4 provided with the b earingboxes attached to f the hangers-said axles having the wheels E, the, beams F, connecting the said axles and bearing thereon, cross-bars connecting the said beams, and the fenders pivotally `connected lio-F5 i' .the beams F and'adapted to clear the trackof obstructions in advance ofthe wheels,-substa'n` l tially as described. f C y -2.k The combinatiomwtha car, 'of the truckbeams F, the platesH, Abolted to the top por 9o tion of the said beams F, the arms K, having their upper ends pivoted in said plates Hand ,their lower ends arrangedobliquely and -ex'p-'fy tended laterally to form fenders O, the lower brace, M, thel upper brace, N, the rod V, con- 95 nected to the upper brace, N, and the leverr Y T, connected at its lower end to the rod and extending up through the platformof the cai', substantially as described.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing :1s-my Ico ownlhave hereto affixed my signature in presv. i,

ence ofrtwo witnesses. ,Y y u s JOHN B. HOAGLAND. f

Witnesses: d f y 'I.J.LEE,

F. A. DRAEER.y 

